The 30th Beamish Cork Folk Festival will take place between Thursday 1st October and Sunday 4th October 2009 at venues all over Cork City.
From the festival website:
Highlights of the festival so far include;
• Mícheál ó Súilleabháin & Mel Mercier, Máirtín O’Connor, Cathal Hayden and Garry O’Briain in concert with the backing of the Galway based ConTempo String Quartet.
• The première of a new composition by Niall Valley. This piece has been commissioned by RTE lyric fm. Its performance have been grant aided by the Arts Council. The line up included Niall, Caoimhín and Cillian Vallely, Niall Keegan, Ed Boyd & Karan Casey and a String Orchestra.
• Frankie Gavin & De Dannan will arrive back in Cork for a concert with a new line up ; Michelle Lally,...
I’m lazy so this is almost word for word a copy & paste of the press release. Fair play to Freakscene, 15 years is some achievement!
Freakscene will set a new record for Ireland’s longest running club-night when it celebrates its 15th Birthday on March 11th.
Six up-and-coming bands have been invited to perform on the night. Though all of them (bar one, Assassins are a side project of a number of original Cork bands)) write their own material, the bands will be performing covers of their favourite Freakscene tunes on the night as well as a couple of their own songs so they get to showcase what they are about, as well as guaranteeing to rock the house for Freakscene’s 15th!
Hope Is Noise
Hope is Noise were formed in late 2004 from the ashes of other musical...
So the Jazz is finished for another year, there’s no more bank holidays between now and Christmas and it’s gonna be a long, dark winter. If you thought a lull follows the jazz, then check out what’s on over this weekend…
Thursday sees the first night of a new series of weekly gigs at the Pavilion, under the Bootleg banner, when the local talents of Sideproject, Get Up Get Down and Cian will take to the stage. On the same night, Californian folk-rockers Port O’Brien pay a visit to Cyprus Avenue. Marcel Woods plays the Savoy on Friday night, while Mercury Rev’s show at Cyprus Avenue has been sold out for weeks. If it’s comedy you’re after, then check out Scottish comedian Geoff Boyz at City Limits Comedy Club on Friday and Saturday nights, or...
October 24th - 27th —- www.corkjazzfestival.com
The main gig list can’t accommodate everything that’s happening over the course of the Jazz weekend, so here’s a few things happening around town, listed by venue…
(This will be updated as further listings come in)
The Pavilion, Careys Lane
www.pavilioncork.com
Thursday 8pm: Sly & Robbie with DJ Bellyman — €22.50/€25
Friday 8pm: Mick Flannery & band — €18.50/€20
Saturday 2pm: Rouge - led by Cork singer Anita Hegarty. Performing also will be the Mark O’Leary Project — Free
Saturday 8pm: Poets of Rhythm, supported by Brian Deady — €22.50/€25
Sunday 2pm: The North Strand Klezmer Band — €10
Sunday 8pm: Sweet Charles Sherrell + Push + The Impressionists —...
‘…the group’s progress will be watched with great interest.’ Michael Dervan, The Irish Times
‘If these pieces are representative, then the future of composition from Ireland looks bright indeed.’ JMI: Journal of Music in Ireland
ENSEMBLE ICC
Cora Venus Lunny | Viola
Kate Ellis | Cello & Musical Director
Daniel Bodwell | Bass
Karl Rooney | Saxophone
Enda Collins | Horn
Fresh from their successful September tour, ENSEMBLE ICC is ready to hit the road again! Comprised of the country’s foremost young musicians, Ensemble ICC is a powerful new music band that will have premiered over 35 new works in just a few months. Ensemble ICC is the dynamic performing wing of the Irish Composers’ Collective and is a forever shape-shifting enterprise, adapting chamaeleon-like to the...
Stet Lab Returns
Cork’s monthly improvised music event returns on Thursday, 9th
October, at the Ó Riada Hall, UCC Department of Music, Sundays Well.
Stet Lab is an onstage meeting of improvisers, and this month features
guitarist Han-earl Park, double bass player Jesse Ronneau, vocalist
Veronica Tadman and guests.
Stet Lab is a curated jam session, and a forum for improvisers—novice,
veteran; student, teacher; part- or full-timer; amateur, professional;
local or visitor. Come and witness music in progress and in process,
and real-time mutations and hybridizations. Featuring a diverse
gathering of Cork-based improvisers, this month’s event is a relaxed,
informal introduction to a six month season that will go on to feature
artist from England, N. Ireland, California and...
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October 16th will see the Pavilion on Careys Lane return to its cinematic origins for a unique Corona Cork Film Festival screening of the film which takes the temperature of the Cork rock scene by talking to the people who make it happen. The film lasts 90 minutes and is followed by live performances.
Rock With Your Cork Out
Egomotion/Melting Pot
Ireland | 2008 | 90mins | HDV | Colour
Irish by birth, Cork by the grace of God. How better to repay the favour than make heavenly music.
Cork Rock musicians have high hopes, dreams and aspirations. They work by day and play by night. They rock till their fingers bleed in dark pub corners; they practice in cold steel containers on the banks of the Lee. They travel to far-off gigs in clapped-out vans beneath their amps and drums; they knock on...
October 2nd - 5th 2008
32 Acts, 22 Venues, 280 Musicians, 2,500 Dancers!
This year sees the Beamish Cork Folk Festival celebrating it’s 25th year, bringing us performances from the likes of Frankie Lane, Damien Dempsey, Lisa Hannigan, Geoff Muldaur & Karl Nesbitt. There will also be regular gigs and sessions in venues throughout the city, and the now famous Céilí Mór on the Grand Parade on Sunday, October 5th.
More information and the full festival programme can be found on the festival website:
www.corkfolkfestival.com...
18-21 September 2008.
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Clonakilty International Guitar Festival, 18th - 21st September 2008
The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival first established in 2005 with thanks to the sponsorship of Guinness and local sponsors, is a celebration of one of the worlds most versatile and influential of all musical instruments and pays tribute to all who strum those hallowed six strings. From September 18th to the 21st a huge array of national & international virtuosos and innovative guitarists will once again descend on the seaside town of Clonakilty washing the streets and pubs with every pick, every strum and every tone of music that any acolyte of this glorious instrument could wish for!
As far as guitarists go there aren’t much greater than self taught Jazz...
The Frank & Walters and Ham Sandwich will perform at this year’s Bantry Barbecue Festival.
Once again, the Bantry Barbecue Festival committee are happy to announce a full weekend of music, food and entertainment from Friday 1st August to Monday 4th August.
Raffle tickets will be on sale to help upgrade the existing festival and also to help the Bantry Red Cross, who this year is our main benefactor. So please support us!
On the Sunday we will have our raft race again. Anyone interested in entering a raft, please contact Mary in Ma Murphy’s before the 24th July.
During the weekend there will be free barbecues and music in the pubs. A great weekend for all the family!...
Maeve Higgins appears in City Limits Comedy Club for two nights, on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th July. We have a few pairs of passes to give away for these shows. To be in with a chance of winning, just send an email to competitions@corkgigs.com and tell us from which town in Cork does Maeve hail.
Maeve Higgins is a self-styled lyrical assassin, in her head. In reality she is a stand up lady who’s been very busy for the past two years.
She has performed at festivals in faraway Australia, nearby Kilkenny and quite close, Edinburgh.
She does a guest slot every monday on the Ray D’arcy Show on Today FM, discussing crucial issues and trying not to make mouth sounds (she hates when other people on the radio make mouth sounds). She also features in the hit show Naked Camera on RTE2, where...
Free music festival takes place in Mitchelstown over the August bank holiday weekend.
The INDIE-PENDENCE Festival will again take over Mitchelstown, Co. Cork for the August bank holiday weekend allowing up and coming independent Irish acts to play alongside recognised headliners outside the usual indie cliques. The natural amphitheatrical venue allows everyone from die-hard indie kids to sing-along music fans to enjoy the quality acts on show and all the facilities the town has to offer.
With the likes of The Blizzards and Cathy Davey already announced, the line-up for this year’s INDIE-PENDENCE Festival has become even stronger. Additions to the line-up include Tipperary songstress Gemma Hayes, Dublin rockers The Kinetiks, Cork’s Rulers of the Planet and Hope is Noise and...
The Midsummer Festival is back, with a broad line-up of events and exhibitions from the familiar to the not so familiar. The Spiegeltent will again host some of the most anticipated live music events of the festival. International attractions will see shows with Faust and The Fall, while local acts to play this year include Jodavino, Mick Flannery, Rulers Of The Planet and Aine Duffy. In addition, Stanley Super 800 will bring a country set to the Spiegeltent, and the Frank And Walters are to perform the Grand Parade album in full and even field a Q&A session afterwards.
On Sunday 22nd June an afternoon show under the banner of ‘Cork Guitar Poets Mash’ will feature the local talents of Ger Wolfe and the New Skylarks, Ian Whitty and the Exchange, Aaron Dillon, Cian and...
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Murphy’s Live presents CORK X SOUTHWEST 2008
The Showgrounds, Skibbereen, Co. Cork – Saturday July 26, 2008.
The beautiful West Cork town of Skibbereen once again throws open its Showgrounds to the budding eclectic music festival Cork X Southwest.
Saturday July 26th will see the streets of the laid back West Cork idyll teeming with lovers and makers of music. Now in its second year, Cork X Southwest promises to showcase a wealth of independent Irish and international music talent, from rock to world, folk to dance.
Hosted in the picturesque Showgrounds on the outskirts of Skibbereen, Cork X Southwest is a thriving new one day event that brings together a veritable feast for the senses – music, food, art and quirky sideshows, presented in a friendly, informal, relaxed atmosphere....
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Jazz legends Louis Stewart and Ireland’s own Honor Heffernan are among the leading acts at the inaugural June Bank Holiday Jazz Weekend at The Cashel Palace Hotel, Co. Tipperary.
The JAM packed line up of trumpets and trombones promises to sound a SOULFUL weekend of light jazz, with performances from Bill Blackmore, Cormac Kenevey, Len Mc Carthy, John Moriarty not to mention Cork’s own Paul O’Donnell.. Ending on a HIGH NOTE with a open-air JAZZ BRUNCH in the stunning garden of the Cashel Palace Hotel, at the foot of the Rock of Cashel.
Friday Evening commences with an Opening of the Event at 7pm with Colm O’Hara & the Paul O’Donnell Trio – Special Guest Grace Mc Mahon; This will be followed by the Internationally renowned Louis Stewart & John Moriarty. A late nite...
Headlining bands for this year’s Bandon Music Festival will include The Blizzards, Republic of Loose and Delorentos. The festival, now in its twelfth year, takes place from Friday 30th May to Sunday 1st June, 2008.
From www.bandonmusicfestival.com :
Annually hosted on the June Bank Holiday weekend in Bandon, West Cork, this year’s festival is shaping up to be the most musically creative so far. Now considered one of Ireland’s premier summer music festivals, it will serve to encourage the promotion of Irish talent, both new and internationally established.
Sponsored by Coolfadda Developers, Bandon Vintners, RedFM, Evening Echo and Failte Ireland the Bandon Music Festival features the very best of traditional and contemporary Irish music - and its all presented free of...
Kinsale Arts Week with Delearyus bring you Sounds On the Square
Five days and nights of free live music and entertainment over two
weekends on the Short Quay in Kinsale. Swing jazz, opera, hip
hop, electro, trad, reggae, drumming, folk and good old rock and roll will
be heard echoing around the square and over the roof tops of Kinsale from the 12th to the 20th of July as Kinsale Arts Week rolls on in full swing with SOS, Sounds On the Square.
There will be talent from all over the country and plenty of local
flavours to be found. Family day on the Sunday’s with markets, food
stalls, coffee docks and other treats here and there plus live
entertainment throughout will let you soak up the sun and the
atmosphere of Kinsale and keep the belly full at the same time.
Good music and good...
This 11th of May, will see the 5th anniversary of Noel Redding’s passing.
As the original Bass player with The Jimi Hendrix Experience Noel’s contribution to rock n roll’ will echo throughout musical history.
Outside the Rock n roll world Noel’s impact on his adopted home of West Cork was as monumental as it was on the international stage. To this day his musical legacy remains in Clonakilty through the festivals he helped to inspire and the abundance of musical talent that he fostered and attracted to the locality.
And so over the course of the weekend of the 9th -11th of May the town of Clonakilty will celebrate the life and career of Noel Redding as he would have wanted himself, through music, from the rock n’ roll of the 50s and 60s that influenced him to the sounds with...
We are pleased to announce further details of the FeileAfrica Festival of African Music & Culture in Cork City over the 22nd to 25th May weekend.
* Gregory Isaacs & Live Wyya at the Savoy Theatre Thursday 22nd May
* N’faly Kouyate & Dunyakan at Crane Lane Friday 23rd May
* Motema & Oleku play Crane Lane Saturday afternoon 24th May from 3.00 – 7.00pm FREE entry
* AFRONOVA Play Crane Lane Saturday night from 11.00 pm FREE entry
* West African Vocal and Music Workshops Cork School of Music 23rd May FREE
* West African Dance Workshop Sunday afternoon Crane Lane
* Barbecue & Pig Roast with DJs and Live music at Franciscan Well all day Sunday 25th May FREE
* Visual Representations of Africa talk with Nora Hickey at the Glucksman 22nd...
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just to let you know about a new venue in town,it is above cubiculo and is
called “the yard”,so far we have:
a youth hangout called
“The Sanctuary” (under 18 - mineral bar only) with 2 bands and 2 dj’s ( 1 of
each is over and under 18) every saturday from 1-6pm,music policy :
mix-it-up! 4 different styles each time
“Sounds from the street” - hip hop Saturday nights dj’s & emcee’s with
G-swift and guests on the first and 3rd saturday of the month
hip hop/R & B bands every other Saturday night.
“Sundaze Chill-out sessions” each sunday afternoon from 3ish with
downbeat/electronica/jazz/latin etc.
“Bachanal” Reggae from 8 every sunday night alternating between band and dj
each week.
“Bingo...
Wow. I had the pleasure recently of seeing Duke Special live for the first time. He’s played Cork before, in the same venue too, but I didn’t bother going the last time. I had been familiar with his single (was it released?) ‘Last Night I Nearly Died’ from the generous airtime it was given on various radio shows — Tom Dunne and Colm O’Sullivan in particular — but it just didn’t strike me as anything out of the ordinary.
Then I discovered the real Duke Special. Having tuned into Other Voices on RTE to catch Elbow’s performance, I saw the dreadlocked Duke performing first ‘Portrait’ and then ‘Last Night I Nearly Died.’ This performance, without percussion or any accompaniment besides his piano, revealed a whole...
28th August - 2nd September, 2007
Concerts, Céilithe, Master Classes, Seminar, Sessions, Festival Club, Music Trail
www.corkfolkfestival.com
2007: Programme
Tuesday, 28th August
Johnny’s Bar 9pm “Northside Stories and Songs” with Elaine Flannery €5
An Spailpín Fánach 9pm Munster Buttermilk €5
Wednesday, 29th August
The Sportsman’s Arms 9pm “A Southside Song Session” with Áine Meirbhic €5
An Spailpín Fánach 9pm Tommy Cunniffe + Diarmuid O Brien + Ray O Brien €8
Thursday, 30th August
An Spailpín Fánach 9pm “Tunesmiths” with Karl Nesbitt €8
The Crane Lane 9pm “Irish Ways” with Ron Kavana €10
The Corner House 9.30pm The Dizzy Blues Band
The Crane Lane 11.45pm Hank Wedel and friends
Friday, 31st August
Triskel 2pm Seminar - Sources of Funding for...
Cork X SouthWest Music Festival
The Showgrounds, Skibbereen
Sunday 5th August
www.corkxsw.com
Cork x Southwest is a new and unique one-day music festival that will take place in the picturesque West Cork town of Skibbereen on Sunday 5th August.
This very special festival features exclusively bands and djs from Cork city and county (apart from the odd ‘Blow-In’) and also features ‘slow food’ and artisan stalls showcasing the best cuisine and arts and crafts Cork has to offer.
Beginning at 1pm, the festival will feature ‘Cork Rocks’ on the Main Stage with top class acts like The Frank & Walters Fred, Stanley Super 800, John Spillane , Mick Flannery, Interference, Matt Churchill, and Mobeius.
At the same time the best of Cork djs will be spinning at ‘Cork Non-Stop’ in...
Rightio folks, when the light flickers, hold on to yer knickers. Its the two Johns from Kerrynini here, just giving ye the 411 on this whole Kinsale Arts Festival lark. The lovely folk running the festival have kindly donated a few shillings to us so that we could get some bands to play some free outdoor shows to you the beautiful people, heh! We’ll be taking over the Sounds On The Square stage for 5 nights over the course of two weekends.
There’ll be roughly 3 bands playing each night, and we’ll be spinning some records in between acts as well just to keep the heads boppin. Each night, the music will kick off at around 7pm and continue through until around 12. Obviously, every show is completely free and open to all ages. Sure, tis outside like, heh!
We picked some of...
The programme for the Cork Midsummer Festival was launched on Tuesday last in the Bodega. The festival, which runs from Tuesday 19th - Saturday 30th June, will this year feature, among other highlights, the biggest Spiegeltent line-up yet. Our interest is mostly in the live music events during the festival and again this year a lot of Cork favourites will perform at the Spiegeltent, including John Spillane, Mick Flannery, The Frank & Walters and the Sultans of Ping. Red FM’s Stevie G will host an evening showcasing young Cork talent from all genres, and needless to say this event will be open to attendees of all ages. Other notable gigs include Kila, Karan Casey, Camille, Julie Feeney and Karen Egan.
Full Spiegeltent lineup here: www.corkfestival.com/spiegeltent.html...
INDIE-PENDENCE 2007
NEW SQUARE, MITCHELSTOWN, CO. CORK
AUGUST 3 - 6.
Irelands only FREE Independent Music Festival
Friday August 3rd - 8pm
Republic of Loose
Miss Motif
The Chapters
Noise Control
Saturday August 4th - 8pm
The Sultans of Ping
The Stone Roses experience
Ham Sandwich
Vesta Varro
Sunday August 5th - 2pm
Director
Delorentos
The Aftermath
Fight Like Apes
The Times - Televison Room - Hooray For Humans
Lerner - Exit The Street - Exit:Pursued by a Bear - Bill Coleman
Monday August 6th - 2pm
INDIE-PENDENCE World Music
Harry J & the Conspiracy
feat. Niwell Tsumbu & Tonyno de Santos
Poles Apart
Murphy Lane
Brazilan Samba
Street Performers
Off Stage Gigs
Acoustic Art Stage
Art Exhibition
plus loads more to be announced.
The Acoustic Art Stage is a small intimate second stage...
Aiken Promotions have finally confirmed the latest two acts to fill the Marquee bill for this year. Elton John will perform on July 9th, while 50 Cent appears on July 4th. This is great news for the thousands of music lovers who are great fans of both artists; no doubt there will be a significant overlap of the attendance at both concerts.
More information on all the gigs can be found on the Aiken Promotions website:
www.aikenpromotions.com
Tickets for most of the marquee gigs are already on sale through Ticketmaster:
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/promo/yuugg6?tm_link=tm_home_f1
Tickets for Elton John and 50 Cent go on sale on Friday (18th May) morning at 9am.
The Marquee location can be seen here: Live at the Marquee map
The full line up of confirmed artists for the Marquee is as follows:...
I've girded myself up to spray another spurt of text across the net again. I sort of have to get in the habit of posting more often, but ...I'll do a Barcamp report shortly, but I've been looking at my own blog, and there will be changes soon.For those of you visiting (as opposed to RSS reading) you'll see a long blogroll of bands on the Left hand side. It's going to go away soon.I've been using the wonders of "MyBlogLog" to see that, with the exceptions of Snow Patrol and The Frames those links go largely ignored.Which makes sense since it's been a long time since I've blogged about music and gigs.So I'll offer this... a shared google calendar of Cork Gigs. If you have any gigs or events you would like to see included, just e-mail me the details with "GIG" in the title so the spam filter...
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The latest Drop-D.ie gig took place in Cyprus Avenue on Tuesday last, featuring The Spikes, Fight Like Apes and Sideproject.
No review for the moment, but here’s a few video clips from the gig:
Fight Like Apes
…and more…
The Spikes:
THE SPIKES
Since the successful debut single release of ‘Monster’ in July, The Spikes followed up with the critically acclaimed, ‘In Love No More’ in November. They are now set for their most daring release to date with ‘Ninja Girlfriend’. The Spikes have successfully set about re-establishing the niche for the rock ‘n’ roll four-piece.
With three singles under their belt The Spikes are not to be taken lightly, their live show has been turning heads since they began over a year and a half ago. Frontman Tom...
Duke Special served up a fantastic show as expected on Saturday night in Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Arriving a bit late, we missed the support act Thomas Truax, but Donal was in there good and early and has blogged about both acts.
Duke Special performing at Cyprus Avenue
I wasn’t alone in being mesmerised at the [...]...